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Comparison of Point Estimators of Normal Percentiles

Dyer, Danny D.; Hensley, Onas L.; Keating, Jerome P. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1977-08)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: There are available several point estimators of the percentiles of a normal distribution with both mean and variance unknown. Consequently, it would seam appropriate ...

The Convolution of Generialized-F Distributions

Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1981-01)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The generalized-F variate is the ratio of two independent gamma variates, and its distribution includes as special cases such distributions as the inverted beta, ...

Efficiency Contours for Estimators of Reliability in a 2-Parameter Exponential Failure Model

Lu, I-Le; Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1977-05)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: When there are available several point estimators of some parametric function, it would seem desirable to make a comparison among the estimators based on some measure ...

Efficiency in Estimation of Mean Time to Failure in a Two-Parameter Exponential Failure Model

Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1977-05)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: When comparing two point estimators of some parametric function, Pitman-closeness efficiency gives the "odds" in favor of one of the estimators being closer to ...

Estimation of the Guarantee Time in a Two-Parameter Exponential Failure Model

Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1977-01)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: There are available several classical point estimators of the guarantee time (location parameter) in a two-parameter exponential failure model. For the purpose of ...

A Further Look at the Comparison of Normal Percentile Estimators

Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1978-03)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: For the purpose of making a pairwise comparison of point estimators of normal percentiles, a twofold technique is introduced which basically examines ,(a) the "odds" ...

An Information Theoretic Approach to Incorporating Prior Information in Binomial Sampling

Chiou, Paul; Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1983-05)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The incorporation of prior information about [see pdf for notation], where [see pdf for notation] is the success probability in a binomial sampling model, is an ...

Interval Estimation of Reliability Characteristics of a k-identical Unit Standby Redundant System

Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1977-02)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Standby redundancy is a method for increasing the reliability of a system through the use of additional "backup" units. Assuming perfect failure-sensing and ...

Methodology for Testing Homogeneity of Variances

Dyer, Danny D.; Keating, Jerome P. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1979-02)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Suppose random samples are drawn from each of n populations with unknown means and variances. Developing procedures to test the claim that the population variances ...

A Monte Carlo Power Study of k-Sample Tests for Exponentiality

Harbin, Mickie Sue; Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1979-12)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Suppose one has a collection of k independent samples where the ith sample size is [see pdf for notation]. Let [see pdf for notation] denote the ordered observations ...

The Most Conservative Beta Prior Distribution for Binomial Sampling

Chiou, Paul; Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1982-06)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The incorporation of prior information about a parameter into a statistical procedure is an essential feature of Bayesian statistics. However, the manner in which ...

Offshore Oil/Gas Lease Bidding and the Weibull Distributions

Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1980-03)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: It is the purpose of this paper to study the use of the Weibull distribution as an acceptable model for the distribution of the bids on a lease. A multi-sample test ...

On the Comparison of Estimators in a Rectangular Distribution

Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1979-01)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Given two estimators ^1 and ^2 of an unknown parameter ^, Pitman (1937) has suggested calling ^1 a "closer" estimator of ^ than is ^2 if [see pdf for notations] for ...

On the Determination of Critical Values for Bartlett's Test

Keating, Jerome P.; Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1979-06)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The exact critical values for Bartlett's test for homogeneity of variances based on equal sample sizes from several normal populations are tabulated. It is also ...

On the Discrimination Between the Lognormal and the Weibull Distributions With Applications to Offshore Oil/Gas Lease Bids

Dyer, Danny D. (University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of Mathematics, 1980-05)

**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: The competitive sealed bids on an individual offshore oil and gas lease are often assumed to follow a lognormal distribution (Brown, 1969). However, under the ...